100 New Sheqalim ISR Banknote (Modern Issues (1990s–Present)) 1998-2014

100 New Sheqalim New Sheqel (Issued 1998-2014)

The architectural imagery visible on the 100 New Sheqalim banknote draws upon the geometric and cultural heritage of Israel, framing this denomination as one of the most visually distinctive in the modern Israeli series issued by the Bank of Israel. The note was produced across the period 1998 to 2014 and remains current legal tender in Israel. Its design layers portraiture, architectural suggestion, and dense security printing into a composition that reflects the sophisticated standard of modern currency production. The 100 New Sheqalim denomination represents a significant value within everyday Israeli commerce and is one of the most commonly encountered notes in international exchange.

On the front, the dominant feature is an engraved portrait of Itzhak Ben-Zvi, the second President of Israel, depicted in the lower central portion of the note with considerable fine-line intaglio detail. Ben-Zvi is shown in a dark jacket and tie, rendered in deep brown and black engraving against a layered background of ochre, gold, and olive tones. His expression is composed and scholarly, consistent with his reputation as a historian and statesman. The background behind the portrait incorporates angular geometric shapes and architectural forms rendered in warm golden and yellow hues, suggesting modernist structural motifs. To the upper right, the denomination numeral “100” appears in large, bold orange-red figures, printed in a strongly stylised typeface that dominates the upper corner. Hebrew text identifying the issuing authority and the denomination runs along the note in multiple locations, with the name “יצחק בן-צבי” — Itzhak Ben-Zvi — appearing in Hebrew script beneath the portrait alongside Latin-script identification. A column of dense biographical or textual content in small Hebrew script runs vertically along the left-centre of the note, consistent with the Bank of Israel’s tradition of including contextual text about the depicted figure. A security strip is embedded within the paper and is partially visible as a dark vertical band running through the body of the note. An outline triangle watermark area is visible in the upper left corner. The serial number and additional fine microprinting appear in the upper register. The overall colour palette of the front is warm, dominated by golds, ochres, and burnt orange, with the portrait providing a cooler, deeply inked contrast.

The reverse presents a strikingly different tonal character, shifting toward cooler blue, grey, and mauve tones. A detailed architectural scene is depicted across the upper portion of the reverse, showing stone buildings and a hillside urban landscape rendered in fine engraving, consistent with imagery associated with Jerusalem. The scene features closely packed stone-built structures typical of the Old City, with arched forms and terraced hillside construction visible in careful detail. The text “NEW SHEQALIM” and “BANK OF ISRAEL” appears in English along the upper left, printed in green, alongside Hebrew and Arabic equivalents of the issuing authority’s name — “בנק ישראל” in Hebrew and “بنك إسرائيل” in Arabic — reflecting Israel’s trilingual currency convention. The denomination “100” appears prominently in the lower right corner in bold blue numerals. A serial number, 8280380551, is printed twice on the reverse — once vertically along the left edge and once horizontally along the right side — in dark red ink. A matrix of dark brown diamond or square shapes arranged in a grid pattern is printed centrally, forming an Optically Variable Device or security feature that interacts with the architectural imagery behind it. A column of Hebrew text runs vertically through the centre of the reverse, mirroring the biographical text layout seen on the front. The paper shows visible security thread show-through from the embedded strip visible on the front face, and the overall printing quality reflects the high-specification intaglio and offset lithography standards expected of Bank of Israel issues from this period.

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